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The YaY! Area Newsletter
October 18th, 2012
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Hello friends, family and community,

I hope you are enjoying the fall as much as we are.  There is something about real friends, family and community that makes our hearts go a-flutter.  And one of the best ways to celebrate each other is to have a place that is full of love... love of food that is!  The Kainbigan Pop-Up Restaurant is fast becoming an Oakland staple on Thursday nights and we thank you for the support you have given Chef Caabay and her team.  We love hanging out with you!

This weekend in the YaY! Area we got scary stories, delicious brunches and a salsa or two to keep you on your toes.  Tonight check out Scary Queer then afterwards come have a late dinner at Kainbigan.  On Friday head  to the city to get your cumbia on with Q2.  Saturday is the ButchLYFE Casting Call check out all the deets below we want to see your fabulous face!  Then on Sunday check out the newest brunch to hit town, Sound Bites at Spice Monkey.  Spice Monkey is one of my most absolute favorite restaurants in Oakland so I am excited to see what they do for brunch!

It is gonna be an exciting weekend,  See you out and about!

xoxo
Miz Chris

UPCOMING EVENTS
The fiveTEN Horror Picture Show Costume Ball
Saturday, October 27th - 9pm-2am  
Suite 410, 410 14th Street, Oakland  
fiveTEN LGBTQ Film Festival @ The Grand Lake Theater
Thursday, November 15th - 6pm-9:30pm  
The Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland
fiveTEN LGBTQ Film Festival Afterparty 
Thursday, November 15th - 9pm-1am
Kainbigan Pop-Up Restaurant 1741 San Pablo, Oakland
 
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THURSDAY, October 18th


inside the Rock Steady  
1741 San Pablo 
Oakland
5pm-1am
5pm-8pm Happy Hour
Kitchen Open until 11pm 
 
Thank you to everyone who came out to the Grand Opening last week it was wonderful! Please help us spread the word to your family and friends on this unique restaurant in the heart of Oakland. Indoor and Patio Seating Available.

This week Chef Caabay bringin' the heat to you with a new, delicious dish from her special menu
✺BAKED TAMARIND WINGS✺ only $5 during Happy Hour!

AND because it was such a hit last week Chef Caabay has decided to add ✺CHICKEN & VEGETABLE LUMPIA✺ to the weekly menu.

Have a birthday any time during the week, show us your Driver's License and you will receive a complimentary dish from Kainbigan!

Happy Hour is from 5pm-8pm each Thursday and this week's Happy Hour Drink Specials are:

$3 Draft Beer
$5 Jameson Shots
$7 Draft Beer & Jameson Shot Combo!!!!

We are also incredibly blessed to welcome DJ Slum B on the 1s and 2s. She plays an array of different genres from
Hip Hop, Neo Soul, Nu-Disco, House, Top 40 and underground sound of Ghetto House/Juke. She has played amongst Chicago's most decorated Djs/Producers such as Dj Ambideckstriks, Dj. Chunk-A-Bud, and ZEBO. Her passion for music, arts and continuous research for new sound is artistically refreshing. DJ Slum B. is well known for exquisite blends and thoughtful selections on the Turn Tables.

So come early, stay late and let's eat, my friends!

❤ Kainbigan Pop-Up Restaurant ❤
Every Thursday Night inside the Rocksteady
5pm-1am
Happy Hour 5pm-8pm
Kitchen Open 5pm-11pm
For a Full Restaurant Menu go to: www.kainbigan.com 

Come before or after for dinner but don't miss

The Livng Room Project
1919 Market St
Oakland
7pm-9pm
$7-$12

Pssst...wanna hear something scary?

Join us for "Scary Queer! A Halloween Storytelling Event" and listen to some of your fave Bay Area writers reading original queer scary stories.

Queer scary stories date back to the dawn of language, when fierce cavepeople sat around the fire in woolly mammoth furs and glitter lipstick telling horrid tales of vampire dandies and ghost butches and scaring the bejeezus out of each other. Fun!

Half a million years later (or something like that--I'm not a friggin' anthropologist, okay?) we're doing it speakeasy style: low lighting, bathtub gin (ok, maybe bathtub seabreezes), the devil's music, and plenty of debauchery.

You don't want to miss this.

Featuring:
Mia McKenzie
Yosimar Reyes
Cherry Galette
Jezebel Delilah X
Nico Dacumos
and the haunting blues sounds of KB TuffNStuff!

Cover: $7 to $12 sliding scale (all door proceeds go to the artists). Drinks for a small donation (all drinks proceeds go to the amazing Living Room Project). 

Come fragrance free, aight? Costumes encouraged!
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FRIDAY October 19th


Q2
Bissap Baobab Village
3372-3386, 19 th ST
SF
9:00 PM 

we are having live fierce femme mc/pop performances by:acebook.com/pages/Jenna-Riot/227691178302

ĦQ2! is...A queer dance party!!!!

We are a collective of community based organizers aiming to create a queer identified space that is open to chav@s, cumbier@s, and allies who support the struggle for justice in our hoods. We are Festive. We are Fierce.
We are the Qumbia Qrew!!!

Spinning the best of musica tropical, cumbia, merengue, y mas!  Come support and enjoy the company, music, and dance.a.k.a. Queer Qumbia
 
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SATURDAY, October 20th


CASTING CALL
SHOW AND TELL
Concept Shop

1300 Clay St #106
OAKLAND
11am-3pm

he F-L-Y Society Entertainment in conjunction with fiveTEN Oakland Events

Presents: ButchLYFE

"Expanding Ideas in Masculine Fashion for Female Bodies"
All Stud Fashion Show Oakland California

OPEN CASTING CALL!!!!

Saturday, October 20th, 2012
Time:11pm-3pm
Location: Show and Tell Boutique
Address: 1300 Clay Street #160 Oakland, CA

www.showandtelloakland.com

MODELS:
+ALL Shapes, sizes, masculine/feminine, identities & colors
+No modeling experience necessary
+Bring a head shot, full body shot & resume if applicable

DESIGNERS:
+Clothing, accesorries, customized styles
+Bring your versatility & pictures or samples of your pieces)

For more info please
visit  www.facebook.com/studfashionshow2012
or Call Fallon @ 347.702.3939
or Contact FiveTen Events @ 510-842-6315

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SUNDAY, October 21st


SPICE MONKEY
1628 WEBSTER ST
Oakland
11AM-3PM

The Grand Opening of Sound Bites was bananas!!! And that was just the first week. Lots more in store...

There is a special place in our heart for brunch. Couple that with our love for daytime extravaganzas and we just might have the best invention of all time; a brunch party!!

We are taking fresh, delicious comfort food, bottomless mimosas & sangria. Then we are turning up the heat by adding some Sunday afternoon feel good music, mixed by the legendary

~ DJ JERRY ROSS! ~

Sound Bites
Every Sunday 11a-3p

Spice Monkey Cafe
1628 Webster St. Oakland
Cross St. is 17th


Come S↓MMER D☼WN, kick it with good peeps, listen to good DJs and eat good food!

Hella Fun & Hella FREE
8pm-Midnight ☉ 21+ W/ID ☉ 1727 Telegraph Ave


Wanna Celebrate your birthday or special event with us? send an email to sociallife510@gmail.com for booth and bottle reservations
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UPCOMING EVENTS

 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27TH 
SUITE 410 
410 14TH STREET, OAKLAND 
9PM-2AM 

 

Scary. Sexy. Creative!  Break out your BEST Halloween costumes for THE BAY AREA'S LGBTQ HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA!  Be prepared for a Night of Mass Mayhem, Zombie DJs, Ghoulish Go-Gos, Spooky Treats and Tricks Too.


Pre-Sale Tix available at:  http://510horrorshow.eventbrite.com/

Get your costumes, make up, and attitudes ready 'cause we are about to cause a ruckus on the highest of holy gay holidaze, Halloween!!!  We are doin' it big in downtown Oakland inside the historically significant Suite 410 (formerly Geoffrey's Inner Circle).  This gorgeous, recently remodeled Oakland landmark is perfect joint to get your scream on.  

 

$500 in cash and prizes for
  • Best Overall Costume
  • Sexiest Costume
  • Scariest Costume  
  • Best Group Costume (can be couples or groups)
Zombie DJS:  DJ Motive (Bay Area) and DJ LP (LA) dropping the best of everything you could want to hear at this Bay Area wide gathering of haunted souls: Top 40, Hip Hop, Old School throwbacks, Reggae, Latin, Reggaeton, Electro, and so much more... you want it, we got it and we are gonna give it to you.

 

Goulish Go-Gos:  Amanda and Felisha

Drink specials throughout the long dark night

Bottle service & private VIP room overlooking Oakland's downtown hosted by Mack Mistress

Rockin' the mic your host with the most Mona Webb 

Spooky snacks provided by Kainbigan

Online Earlybird presale tix are available right now at
$10 for individual and $15 per couple (any two people arriving together)  buy them now at this great price.  Prices go up on October 16th. 
 
the fiveTEN Horror Picture Show Costume Ball 
Saturday, October 27th 
Suite 410 
410 14th Street 
Oakland 
9PM - 2AM
21+ with ID, no exception